Chords for The Highwaymen - Big River

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Well I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry.
And I showed the clouds how to cover up [F#] her clear blue [B] sky.
[E] And the tears cried for that woman,
[A] I'm gonna flood you big river,
[E] And I'm gonna sit [B] right here until [Bm] I die.
[E] I met her accidentally in St.
Paul, Minnesota.
And it tore me up to hear her when [F#] she drawled that [B] southern drawl.
Well [E] then I heard my dream went back downstream,
[A] Cohortin and Davenport.
[E] I'll follow you [B] big river [Em] when you call.
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[E] _ Well they took me to St.
Louis and laid her all down the river.
Raider said she's been in [F#] but she's gone [B] boy, she's gone.
[E] I found her trail in Memphis, [A] but she just walked up the flood.
[E] Raised a few [B] eyebrows and went on [Em] down the road.
[E] I _ pulled in to matches and laid her all down the river.
Wasn't too much to make around to [B] stay very long.
[E] Well I left it with rain, [A] nobody saw me cry.
Big river [B] why is she doing me this way?
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[E] Now won't you bat it down for fat and rude river queen.
Roll it on, take that woman on down to [F#] New Orleans, [B] New Orleans.
[E] Go on I've had enough, got my blues [A] down in a cup.
[E] She loves [B] you big river [Em] more than me.
[E] _ Well I'm tall, bluey man, will know how to cry.
_ _ So the clouds got a cover [F#] up of clear [B] blue sky.
[E] And the tears I cried for that woman [A] are gonna flood you big river.
[E] And I'm gonna [B] sit right here [Em] until I die.
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